However, no sooner had Cui Zhixing entered Zhengying Academy than his true nature revealed itself. He had been cultivating for about twenty years, but his strength had only reached the sixth level of Swordsman, slightly stronger than Zhao Sinin but without Zhao's good luck. Therefore, he was assigned to guard Cangshan City. Situated in a remote location, Cangshan City was extremely impoverished. Apart from the trials that took place every few years, he had practically nothing to do and was living out his days on the very limited cultivation resources he received each month.
Even so, Zhengying Academy was unlikely to offer him the chance to retire peacefully here. If he did not make any progress in a few years, he would be completely expelled from the Academy. It was well-known that Zhengying Academy had many disciples, and there were several others like him who had been recruited into the Academy by artificially boosting their strengths. There were plenty waiting to retire.
